Q. Which Microsoft-based technology was built to link desktop applications to the World Wide Web? 

Answer: ActiveX
Notes: ActiveX is a software framework created by Microsoft that adapts its earlier Component Object Model (COM) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technologies for content downloaded from a network, particularly from the World Wide Web. It is used till IE11 but not Microsoft Edge.

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